Brigid
Irish · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Daughter of the Dagda, triple goddess of poetry, healing and smithcraft, who first raised the keen.
Parentage
- parent: The Dagda
Domains
- poetry inspiration
- healing smithcraft
Powers
- Raise the first keening lament in Ireland
- presides over filidecht (poetry), healing and smithwork as a triple goddess
Epithets
- Brig / Bríg ban-goibnechtae Brig; the exalted one — patroness of poets, smiths and healersCormac's Glossary (Sanas Cormaic), s.v. Brigit (primary)
Relations
- sibling: Bodb DergFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (The Dagda) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: MidirFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (The Dagda) per the figures' cited genealogy.